King Midas

Silver Penny Stories

by Kathleen Olmstead, Maurizio Quarello (Illustrator)

Although King Midas is a kind man, he always wants MORE: more jewels, more silver, more gold. So whens hes granted a wish for doing a good deed, he asks that everything he touches turn to gold. But after his flowers, his food, and even his daughter are transformed, he learns what is truly valuable.

48 pages, Hardcover

First published November 4, 2014

About the author

Kathleen Olmstead is the author of several Classic Starts books, including Anne of Avonlea and Moby Dick, as well as Jacques Cousteau: A Life Under the Sea and Matthew Henson: The Quest for the North Pole, both in the Sterling Biographies series.